Valid Names Results

Mycetaspis personata (Comstock, 1883) (Diaspididae: Mycetaspis)

Nomenclatural History

Aspidiotus personatus Comstock 1883: 66. Type data: CUBA: Havana, on leaves of various trees and shrubs in public gardens.. Syntypes, female, Type depository: Washington: United States National Entomological Collection, U.S. National Museum of Natural History, District of Columbia, USA; accepted valid name Illustr.
Aspidiotus personates Comstock, 1883; Cockerell 1891: 5. misspelling of species epithet
Aspidiotus (Mycetaspis) personatus Comstock, 1883; Cockerell 1897i: 24. change of combination
Aonidiella personata (Comstock, 1883); Leonardi 1897: 286. change of combination requiring emendation of specific epithet for agreement in gender
Chrysomphalus personatus (Comstock, 1883); Fernald 1903b: 292. change of combination
Melanaspis personata (Comstock, 1883); Lindinger 1921: 427. change of combination
Mycetaspis personata (Comstock, 1883); MacGillivray 1921: 442. change of combination
Pseudaonidia personata (Comstock, 1883); Gomez-Menor Ortega 1941: 139. change of combination
Chrysomphalus ((Mycetaspis)) personatus (Comstock, 1883); Merrill 1953: 40. change of combination
Mycetaspis personata (Comstock, 1883); Borchsenius 1966: 357. revived combination (previously published)

Common Names

masked scale Comsto1883 Dekle1965c Merril1953
pinta-negra CarvalAg1997
personata scale AbdRabEv2021
escama munición del aguacate KondoWa2022b
pinta-negra KondoWa2022b

Ecological Associates

Hosts:

Families: 21 | Genera: 33

Anacardiaceae

Anacardium | Ferris1941d
Mangifera | Ferris1941d
Mangifera indica | Dekle1965c Morgan1889a WolffCo1993a
Tapirira guianensis | NormarMoKr2014

Annonaceae

Annona | Balach1951

Arecaceae

Areca | Ferris1941d
Cocos | Balach1951
Cocos nucifera | Ferris1941d
Dypsis lutescens | MatileEt2006
Latania | Balach1951
Phoenix | Balach1951
Sabal | Ferris1941d
Socratea exorrhiza | NormarMoKr2014

Bignoniaceae

Catalpa longissima | GomezM1941 | (= Catalpa longisiliqua)

Bromeliaceae

Tillandsia | Ferris1941d

Calophyllaceae

Mammea americana | DonesEv2011

Celastraceae

Euonymus | KondoWa2022b

Fabaceae

Acacia saligna | PorcelPe2019
Bauhinia | Merril1953

Lauraceae

Persea | Balach1951
Persea americana | KondoMu2016

Malpighiaceae

Heteropterys laurifolia | Ferris1941d | (= Banisteria laurifolia)

Malvaceae

Brachychiton | KondoWa2022b

Monimiaceae

Tambourissa | Matile1978

Moraceae

Ficus | Ferris1941d Merril1953
Ficus benjamina | MatileEt2006
Ficus microcarpa | NormarOkMo2019
Ficus retusa | Balach1958b

Musaceae

Musa | Ferris1941d

Myristicaceae

Virola sebifera | NormarMoKr2014

Myrtaceae

Acca sellowiana | Balach1938a | (= Feijoa sellowiana)
Eugenia | Merril1953
Psidium guajava | Malump2014a

Oleaceae

Jasminum | Ferris1941d
Ligustrum | KondoWa2022b

Polygonaceae

Coccoloba uvifera | Malump2018

Rutaceae

Citrus | CarvalAg1997

Sapotaceae

Manilkara zapota | Dekle1965c | (= Achras sapota)

Theaceae

Camellia japonica | Balach1938a

Foes:

Families: 3 | Genera: 4

Aphelinidae

Aphytis chrysomphali | AbdRab2001a
Aphytis equatorialis | RosenDe1979
Encarsia lounsburyi | KondoWa2022b

Chrysopidae

Chrysoperla carnea | KondoWa2022b

Signiphoridae

Signiphora falcata | LazaroGoRo2021
Signiphora fax | Woolle1990

Geographic Distribution

Countries: 54

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua | Malump2018

Argentina | ClapsTe2001

Entre Rios | GranarCl2003
Tucuman | GranarCl2003

Barbados | KondoWa2022b

Belgium | Nakaha1982

Belize | NormarOkMo2019

Brazil | Ferris1941d WolffCo1993a

Alagoas | WolffCo1993
Parana | KondoWa2022b
Pernambuco | WolffCo1993
Rio Grande do Sul | AlmeidPeMa2018
Rio de Janeiro | WolffCo1993
Santa Catarina | WolffCo1993
Sao Paulo | WolffCo1993

Cameroon | MatileNo1984 RosenDe1979

Canary Islands | Nakaha1982 PorcelPe2019

China

Xianggang (=Hong Kong) | Chou1985

Colombia | Kondo2001

Comoros | Matile1978

Cote d'Ivoire (=Ivory Coast) | Nakaha1982

Cuba | Comsto1883 MestreHaEv2011

Czech Republic | Zahrad1977 Zahrad1990b

Dominican Republic | GomezM1941

Ecuador | NormarOkMo2019 SchneiOkNo2018

Egypt | AbdRabEv2021 Ezzat1958 Salama1970a

France | Nakaha1982

French Guiana | KondoWa2022b

French Polynesia

Tahiti | KondoWa2022b

Germany | Nakaha1982

Guadeloupe | MatileEt2006

Guinea | Nakaha1982

Guyana (=British Guiana) | Morgan1889a

Haiti | PerezG2008

Hawaiian Islands

Hawaii | Nakaha1982

Honduras | KondoWa2022b

India

Kerala | Varshn2002

Indonesia | Nakaha1982

Israel | KondoWa2022b

Jamaica | Ferris1941d

Lebanon | KondoWa2022b

Madeira Islands | Balach1938a CarvalAg1997

Martinique | MatileEt2006

Mexico | Cocker1899n Ferris1941d | Nakaha1982

Nuevo Leon | LazaroGoRo2023

Montserrat | KondoWa2022b

Netherlands | Nakaha1982

Nicaragua | KondoWa2022b

Panama | Ferris1941d NormarMoKr2014 SchneiOkNo2018

Peru | Nakaha1982

Philippines | Nakaha1982

Puerto Rico & Vieques Island

Puerto Rico | DonesEv2011 Ferris1941d Martor1976

Russia

Moscow Oblast | Danzig1993

Saint Lucia | Malump2014a

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | KondoWa2022b

Senegal | Nakaha1982

Sierra Leone | Nakaha1982

Sri Lanka | Nakaha1982

Togo | Nakaha1982

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad | KondoWa2022b

U.S. Virgin Islands | Nakaha1983

United Kingdom

England | Ferris1941d

United States

Florida | Dekle1965c Merril1953

Venezuela | Nakaha1982

Keys

LazaroGoRo2023: pp.247-248 ( Adult (F) ) [Armored scale species on avocado in central Mexico]
WeiScNo2021: pp.17-23 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini from Panama]
SchneiClWe2020: pp.67-71 ( Adult (F) ) [Aspidiotini in Argentina]
DonesEv2011: pp.5 ( Adult (F) ) [Key to adult females of the genus Mycetaspis]
EvansWaMi2009: pp.63-67 ( Adult (F) ) [Diaspididae species found on avocado]
ClapsTe2001: pp.392 ( Adult (F) ) [South Africa]
Ezzat1958: pp.242 ( Adult (F) ) [Egypt]
Ferris1942: pp.38 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]
Cocker1905: pp.45-46 ( Adult (F) ) [Mexico]
Comsto1883: pp.55-57 ( Adult (F) ) [North America]

Remarks

Systematics: M. personata can be confused with M. apicata, but differs as follows (characteristics of M. apicata given in parenthesis):M. personata has the sclerotized area on the head forming a somewhat flattened bulge (forming a rounded cone); eyes each represented by an unsclerotized boss (each modified into a pointed spur); and ventral microducts absent from around the mouthparts and anterior spiracles (microducts numerous near the mouthparts and anterior spiracles). (Watson, 2002)
Structure: Female scale circular; very convex; exuviae central; colour gray or black, with the exuviae shining black; the position of the exuviae is usually marked with a white dot and a concentric ring of the same colour; ventral scale well developed (Comstock, 1883). Female scale very black, almost hemispherical or somewhat thimble-shaped, with the exuviae central, that of the male flat, oval, lighter in colour (Ferris, 1941d). Colour photograph of the scale cover and general appearance see Carvalho & Aguiar (1997). Adult female scale cover 0.5‒1.0 mm long, almost hemispherical, often taller than wide, black, brittle, with central exuviae (Watson 2002).
Biology: Scales apparently occurring normally on the leaves (Ferris, 1941d).
Economic Importance: This polyphagous species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, has been recorded as citrus pest in Madeira (Balachowsky, 1938a; Carvalho & Aguiar, 1997) and mango in Egypt (Salama & Saleh, 1972).
General Remarks: Description and illustration of adult female by Ferris (1941d), Balachowsky (1951, 1958b), Chou (1985, 1986), Zahradnik (1990b) and by Colon-Ferrer & Medina-Gaud (1998). Moghaddam & Watson (2021) consider the presence of this species in Iran as doubtful. Color photograph in Kondo & Watson (2022b).

Illustrations

Citations

AbdRab2001a: biological control, distribution, host, 174
AbdRabEv2021: distribution, host, 36
AbouEl2001: biological control, distribution, host, 185-195
AlmeidPeMa2018: distribution, host, 355
AmunCl2015: distribution, host, 5
AndersWuGr2010: molecular data, 992-1003
Balach1938a: distribution, economic importance, host, 151
Balach1951: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 575-578
Balach1958b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 203,206-207
BenDovGe2003: catalog, 662-665
BiezanFr1939: distribution, host, 1-18
Bondar1914: distribution, economic importance, host, 1064-1106
Bondar1915: distribution, economic importance, host, 44-47
Borchs1966: catalog, 357-358
BurgerUl1990: economic importance, 313-327
CampbeHoMc1994: phylogeny, 532, 533
CarvalAg1997: biological control, description, distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 295-297
Chou1985: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 319-320
Chou1986: illustration, taxonomy, 694
ChuaWo1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 543-552
ClapsDo2003: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 25
ClapsTe2001: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 392,397-398
ClapsWoGo2001a: distribution, host, taxonomy, 22
Cocker1892b: distribution, host, 333
Cocker1893cc: distribution, host, 100-101
Cocker1896b: distribution, 334
Cocker1897i: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 24
Cocker1899n: distribution, host, 23
Cocker1905: taxonomy, 45
ColonFMe1998: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 72-73
Comsto1883: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 66-67
Craw1896: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 35
Danzig1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 241-242
DanzigPe1998: catalog, 312
DeSant1979: biological control,
Dekle1965c: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 95
Dekle1976: description, distribution, economic importance, host, taxonomy, 116
DonesEv2011: distribution, host, taxonomy, 2,5
DooleySm2013: catalog, 12
ElMinsElHa1974: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 223-232
ElMinsOs1973: structure, taxonomy, 169-173
ElMinsOs1974: biological control, distribution, ecology, host, life history, 152-170
EvansWaMi2009: taxonomy, 63-67
Ezzat1958: distribution, 242
EzzatNa1987: distribution, 87
Fernal1903b: 292
Ferris1937c: illustration, taxonomy, 51,85
Ferris1941d: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 372
Ferris1941e: taxonomy, 47
Ferris1942: taxonomy, 446:38
Foldi1990: structure, 43-54
Fonsec1963: distribution, host, 32-35
Fonsec1964: distribution, host, 515
FonsecAu1932a: distribution, host, 202-214
FrancoRuMa2011: distribution, 14,24
Gavril2018: reproduction, 242
Gentry1965: distribution, economic importance, host,
Gomez1936: distribution, host, 42-43
GomezM1941: distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 139
Gowdey1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 32
GranarCl2003: distribution, host, 625-637
Green1897: taxonomy, 69
Green1915e: distribution, host, 608-636
GruwelMoNo2007: endosymbionts, taxonomy, 267-280
GruwelWoKo2016: phylogeny, 173-176
Hall1927d: taxonomy, 274
Hempel1920: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 141
JansenAl2023: dispersal, host, 34
Koebel1907: biological control, distribution, host, 159-164
Kondo2001: distribution, host, taxonomy, 44
Kondo2010: distribution, host, 41-44
KondoKa1995: distribution, host, 57-58
KondoKa1995a: distribution, host, 97-98
KondoMu2016: distribution, host, illustration, 7
KondoWa2022a: distribution, host, list, 18
KondoWa2022n: biology, control, diagnosis, distribution, economic importance, host, illustration, 510
Koszta1955: distribution, host, 381
LazaroGoRo2023: diagnosis, distribution, host, key, natural enemies, taxonomy, 247, 261
Leefma1929: distribution, host, 1
Leonar1897: taxonomy, 286
Leonar1899: taxonomy, 175-176,193-203
Lindin1921: distribution, host, 427
Lindin1936: taxonomy, 155
Lindin1937: taxonomy, 194
Lindin1939: taxonomy, 38
Lounsb1921: distribution, host, 35-38
MacGil1921: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 442
Mallam1954: distribution, 24-60
Malump2014a: distribution, host, 77
Malump2018: distribution, host, 56
MartinLa2011: catalog, distribution, host, 38
Martor1976: distribution, host, 23,75,134,154,166
Matile1978: distribution, host, 65
MatileEt2006: distribution, host, 172
MatileNo1984: distribution, host, 66
McInti1889: taxonomy, 23
McKenz1938: taxonomy, 4
McKenz1939: taxonomy, 54
Merril1953: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 40
MestreHaEv2011: distribution, 13
Meurge2011: distribution, 81
MillerDa1990: distribution, economic importance, host, 303
Moghad2013a: distribution, 43
MohammGh2008: distribution, 152
Morgan1889a: distribution, host, 351
MorseNo2006: molecular biology, phylogeny, 338-349
MouradMeFa2001: distribution, host, 571-580
Nakaha1982: distribution, host, 58
Nakaha1983: distribution, host, 13
Newste1901b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 81-84
NormarOkMo2019: distribution, host, phylogeny, 26, S2
NourElRi1970: distribution, host, 123-127
Pace1939: distribution, host, 664-665
PerezG2008: distribution, 214
Ponnam1999: chemical control, distribution, host, 445-451
PorcelPe2019: diagnosis, distribution, host, 186
PriesnHo1932: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 92
PriesnHo1940: biological control, 58-70
RosenDe1979: biological control, distribution, host, 564-567
RossHaOk2012: phylogeny, taxonomy, 199
RugmanAnMo2010: molecular data, phylogenetics, taxonomy, 30-38
Salama1970a: distribution, host, life history, 42-46
Salama1972: distribution, host, life history, 403-407
SalamaSa1972: distribution, economic importance, host, life history, 328-331
Sassce1918: distribution, host, 125-129
Schmut1957a: distribution, host, 136
Schmut1957b: taxonomy, 148
Schmut1959: description, distribution, host, taxonomy, 107
SchmutKlLu1957: distribution, economic importance, host, 491
SchneiClWe2020: key, 69
SchneiFiNo2019: key, taxonomy, 93
SchneiOkNo2018: phylogeny,
Tao1999: distribution, host, taxonomy, 99
Varshn2002: distribution, host, 34
Ward1890: distribution, host, 306
WatanaTaCo2000: biological control, distribution, host, life history, 49-64
Watson2001: list, 177
WeiScNo2021: key, 22
Wester1918: distribution, economic importance, host, 5-57
Wester1920: distribution, host,
Willia1970DJ: distribution, host, taxonomy, 33
Willia2017a: catalog, list of species, 229
WolffCo1993: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 47-49
WolffCo1993a: distribution, host, 153
Woolle1990: biological control, 167-176
Zahrad1957: distribution, host, 49
Zahrad1977: distribution, taxonomy, 120
Zahrad1990b: description, distribution, host, illustration, taxonomy, 113-115
ZarkanApTu2021: distribution, host, 167